twenty-firstern.
/twɛntɪˈfəːstə/ slang.
A twenty-first birthday party (until 1970 in the U.K. celebrating the coming-of-age), or one who celebrates this. Also, a twenty-first birthday present.
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the world > people > person > person of specific age > [noun]
one-year-old?1609
cinquanter1611
sexagenariana1646
septuagene1657
quintagenarian1687
threescore1721
septuagenarian1744
centenarian1747
seven-year-old1762
septuagenary1792
centenary1800
nonagenarian1804
sexagenary1814
octogenarian1815
nine-year-old1828
octogenary1828
semi-centenarian1828
quinquagenarian1830
quadragenarian1839
seventeen-year-old1858
70-year-old1870
twenty-firster1912
the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] > gift at birthday
birthday gift1561
birthday present1719
twenty-firster1912
society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > [noun] > birthday party
birthday party1808
twenty-firster1912
1912 Isis 17 Feb. 204/1 There always are, or seem to be, celebrations of a sort on a twenty-firster.
1930 R. Lehmann Note in Music iv. 129 ‘What a lovely case!’ ‘Yes, it was a twenty-firster.’
1964 C. Mackenzie My Life & Times III. 166 The conventional Twenty-Firster at one of the Oxford hotels or clubs.
1964 C. Mackenzie My Life & Times III. 214 Our rendez-vous with the rest of the Twenty-firsters was for supper.
1975 J. I. M. Stewart Young Pattullo iii. 69 The contraption itself was familiar to me, Ninian once having brought one home from the twenty-firster of an older friend.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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